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070- Shark-proof divers

Today's words:

📌 to end up
📌 wetsuits
📌 repellent
📌 to blend in
📌 a spate of

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071- Space robot

Today's words:

📌 blasted
📌 android
📌 orbit
📌 mimic
📌 compassion

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072- Secret taxi driver

Today's words:

📌 cabbie
📌 incognito
📌 astonished
📌 to moonlight
📌 rusty

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072- Secret taxi driver Today's words: 📌 cabbie 📌 incognito 📌 astonished 📌 to moonlight 📌 rusty 👇 👇 👇 🆔 @LingoHack
072- Secret taxi driver words⁉️

⚠️ cabbie:
(informal) a driver of a taxi (also cabby)

⚠️ incognito:
avoiding being recognized, by changing your name or appearance

⚠️ astonished:
very surprised = amazed

⚠️ to moonlight:
(informal) to have a second job that you do secretly, usually without paying tax on the extra money that you earn

⚠️ rusty:
(informal) (of a sport, skill, etc.) not as good as it used to be, because you have not been practising

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073- Garden in the clouds

Today's words:

📌 retreat
📌 block of flats
📌 villa
📌 dismantled
📌 demolition

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073- Garden in the clouds Today's words: 📌 retreat 📌 block of flats 📌 villa 📌 dismantled 📌 demolition 👇 👇 👇 🆔 @LingoHack
073- Garden in the clouds Words⁉️

⚠️ retreat
a private and safe place

⚠️ block of flats
UK (US apartment building) a large building that is divided into apartments

⚠️ villa
(British English) a house where people stay on holiday/vacation

⚠️ dismantled
to take apart a machine or structure so that it is in separate pieces

⚠️ demolition:
when something such as a building is destroyed

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074- Knife massage

Today's words:

📌 to chop
📌 massage parlour
📌 blunt
📌 meditation
📌 therapy

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074- Knife massage Today's words: 📌 to chop 📌 massage parlour 📌 blunt 📌 meditation 📌 therapy 👇 👇 👇 🆔 @LingoHack
074- Knife massage Words⁉️

⚠️ to chop:
to cut something into pieces with a sharp tool such as a knife

⚠️ massage parlour:
a place where you can pay someone to give you a massage

⚠️ blunt:
without a sharp edge or point

⚠️ meditation:
the act of giving your attention to only one thing, either as a religious activity or as a way of becoming calm and relaxed

⚠️ therapy:
a treatment which helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., especially after an illness

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075- Art in your face

Today's words:

📌 face-to-face
📌 self-taught
📌 replicate
📌 features
📌 adorning

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075- Art in your face Today's words: 📌 face-to-face 📌 self-taught 📌 replicate 📌 features 📌 adorning 👇 👇 👇 🆔 @LingoHack
075- Art in your face Words⁉️

⚠️ face-to-face:
in or into direct contact or confrontation

⚠️ self-taught:
learned without a teacher

⚠️ replicate:
(formal) to make or do something again in exactly the same way

⚠️ features:
parts of the face (i.e. the nose, mouth, etc.)

⚠️ adorning:
to make sth/sb look more attractive by decorating it or them with something

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076- Lahore Walled City

Today's words:

📌 maze
📌 tenements
📌 a makeover
📌 sewage pipes
📌 terracotta

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076- Lahore Walled City Today's words: 📌 maze 📌 tenements 📌 a makeover 📌 sewage pipes 📌 terracotta 👇 👇 👇 🆔 @LingoHack
076- Lahore Walled City Words⁉️

⚠️ maze:
an area in which you can get easily lost because there are so many similar streets or passages

⚠️ tenements:
a large building divided into apartments, usually in a poor area of a city

⚠️ a makeover:
a set of changes that are intended to make a person or place more attractive

⚠️ sewage pipes:
network of underground pipes which removes waste water

⚠️ terracotta:
hard, baked reddish-brown clay

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077- Pink power

Today's words:

📌 standing out
📌 flock
📌 thrive
📌 extinction
📌 wetland

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077- Pink power Today's words: 📌 standing out 📌 flock 📌 thrive 📌 extinction 📌 wetland 👇 👇 👇 🆔 @LingoHack
077- Pink power words⁉️

⚠️ standing out:
to be very noticeable

⚠️ flock:
a group of sheep, goats or birds, or a group of people

⚠️ thrive:
to grow, develop or be successful

⚠️ extinction:
a situation in which something no longer exists

⚠️ wetland:
a large area of land covered with swamp or marsh

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078- UK nuclear station

Today's words:

📌 plant
📌 backed
📌 deal
📌 fossil fuels
📌 consumers

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078- UK nuclear station Today's words: 📌 plant 📌 backed 📌 deal 📌 fossil fuels 📌 consumers 👇 👇 👇 🆔 @LingoHack
078- UK nuclear station Words⁉️

⚠️ plant:
a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place

⚠️ backed:
to give support to someone or something with money or words

⚠️ deal:
an agreement or an arrangement, especially in business

⚠️ fossil fuels:
fuels such as gas, coal and oil, which were formed underground from plant and animal remains millions of years ago

⚠️ consumers:
a person who buys goods or services for their own use

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079- Sumo in decline

Today's words:

📌 comic
📌 faint-hearted
📌 gruelling
📌 dwindling
📌 dominated

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079- Sumo in decline Today's words: 📌 comic 📌 faint-hearted 📌 gruelling 📌 dwindling 📌 dominated 👇 👇 👇 🆔 @LingoHack
079- Sumo in decline Words⁉️

⚠️ comic:
making you want to laugh; funny

⚠️ faint-hearted:
describes someone who is not confident or brave and dislikes taking unnecessary risks

⚠️ gruelling:
(US usually grueling) extremely tiring and difficult, and demanding great effort and determination

⚠️ dwindling:
to become smaller in size or amount, or fewer in number

⚠️ dominated:
to have control over a place or a person, or to be the most important person or thing

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080- Wedding saviours

Today's words:

📌 lush
📌 shutdown
📌 in tatters
📌 donate
📌 tied the knot

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080- Wedding saviours Today's words: 📌 lush 📌 shutdown 📌 in tatters 📌 donate 📌 tied the knot 👇 👇 👇 🆔 @LingoHack
080- Wedding saviours Word⁉️

⚠️ lush:
a lush area has a lot of green, healthy plants, grass and trees

⚠️ shutdown:
when a business or large piece of equipment stops operating, usually for a temporary period

⚠️ in tatters:
badly damaged or completely spoiled

⚠️ donate:
to give money or goods to help a person or organization

⚠️ tied the knot:
(idiom) to get married (informal)

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081- Bull power

Today's words:

📌 methane
📌 belches
📌 canister
📌 greenhouse gas
📌 livestock

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